On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying Robert Jordan More Quotes by Robert Jordan More Quotes From Robert Jordan Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget. Robert Jordan forgiveness women thinking You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway. Robert Jordan portions knowing lying Dovie'andi se tovya sagain! Robert Jordan The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. Robert Jordan leaving memories long We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect. Robert Jordan wish When you wish for so long that you could hear something, and then suddenly, with no warning, you do, it is like a lightning strike and rain on parched ground at the same time. You're stunned, but you cannot hear enough. Robert Jordan wish rain long Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever. Robert Jordan love-you love-is thinking I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile. Robert Jordan hate love men Men always believe they are in control of everything around them. When they find out they are not, they think they have failed, instead of learning a simple truth women already know. Robert Jordan simple men believe The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. Robert Jordan wind memories past The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. Robert Jordan adversity broken wind The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones. Robert Jordan my-family strong men He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that. Robert Jordan swimming sea men What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want. Robert Jordan what-you-want want Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses for too long. Robert Jordan mourn rejoice long You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long. Robert Jordan flower journey heart Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you're alive. Robert Jordan pain alive sometimes Fantasy is an area where it is possible to talk about right and wrong, good and evil, with a straight face. In mainstream fiction and even in a good deal of mystery, these things are presented as simply two sides of the same coin. Never really more than a matter of where you happen to be standing. Robert Jordan two-sides evil fiction There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan real-men feet faces Always plan for the worst, child; that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones. Robert Jordan surprise children way
